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Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has exonerated the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) of any blame in the mix-up that now pitch Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke and former Governor Gboyega Oyetola stating however that the commission has taken away vital lessons from the…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called for a review of the allowance paid to corps members. Acting Director-General, Mrs. Christy Uba, made the request during a courtesy visit by the Chairman of, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. Uba said corps members were eager to participate…
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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission will continue to place premium on the security of corps members on election duty. Yakubu said this on Friday in Abuja when he led management staff of the commission to pay a courtesy visit on the Acting…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu Because of the uncertainties that characterized the waiting period of the Supreme Court judgment on Osun Governorship poll, the Resident Electoral Commission of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has said he moved eighty percent of his luggage to Lagos in…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said the use of smart card readers (SCRs) is mandatory in Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, said this in Abuja. Mr Okoye said the clarification was important…
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The Osun State Police Command on Thursday said it had commenced investigation into the arrest of four men suspected to be fake election monitors. The suspects, it was learnt, were arrested in a village called Iwaro, near Osu, the headquarters of Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State. It…
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By Editor The much awaited 2019 general elections began this morning across polling centres in Osun State. The elections which comes after last week’s postponement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is holding to fill positions for the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives. A visit to many polling…
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The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone XI, comprising of Osun, Oyo and Ondo states, Mr Leye Oyebade, has promised adequate security for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in Osun State. Oyebade made this promise when he visited the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, in…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has okayed the resumption of political campaigns. This was contained in a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the commission’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye. Details later…
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The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has expressed concern over reports of delay in the distribution of election materials in several parts of the country by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 2019 Nigeria General Elections. It regretted that the reports reaching it indicated inadequacy in the deployment of…
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